Monthly Ganesha worship for removing obstacles — fast until moonrise
Observed with: Moonrise-time puja · Fasting until moonrise
- కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- 05:56 – 03:30 ↗
- కృష్ణ విదియ
- 03:31 – 05:55 ↗
The lunar day — the moon gaining 12° on the sun. The tithi running at sunrise is the one the day is named for.
- స్వాతి
- 05:56 – 04:43 ↗
- విశాఖ
- 04:44 – 05:55 ↗
The lunar mansion the moon occupies — one of 27, each quartered into padams.
- వజ్ర
- 05:56 – 16:09
- సిద్ధి
- 16:10 – 05:55 ↗
The sum of solar and lunar longitudes, in 27 divisions. Vyatipata and Vaidhriti carry their own prohibitions.
- బాలవ
- 05:56 – 15:39
- కౌలవ
- 15:40 – 03:30 ↗
- తైతిల
- 03:31 – 05:55 ↗
Half a tithi. Eleven karanas rotate through the month; Vishti (Bhadra) is the one commonly avoided.
The weekday, reckoned sunrise to sunrise rather than midnight to midnight.
- తుల
- 05:56 – 05:55 ↗
The raasi the moon stands in — what chandrabalam and tarabalam are read against.
ⓘ In other regions
- Amanta — your region
- చైత్రం · కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
- Purnimanta regions — the Hindi belt
- వైశాఖం · కృష్ణ పాడ్యమి
Same day. The month name differs because a purnimanta month ends at the full moon and an amanta month ends at the new moon — so every Krishna-paksha day carries the next month’s name in the North. The tithi, the nakshatra and every timing on this page are identical. Why this happens →